Adelaide, November 29
David Warner and Marnus Labuschagne shone under the Adelaide Oval floodlights with back-to-back centuries and a record 294-run stand as Australia completely dominated Pakistan on Day 1 of the second Test. Opening batsman Warner was 166 not out and No. 3 Labuschagne on 126, the duo having pushed Australia to an imperious 302/1 at stumps.
Pakistan lost the toss but had started brightly in the teams’ first Day/Night match at the venue, removing Joe Burns cheaply in the first 30 minutes as the ball swung in overcast conditions. But the tourists soon lost their way in a wretched day in the field as Warner and Labuschagne set a record for a second wicket partnership at the 138-year-old venue.
He and Warner had shown superb control to guide Australia to 139/1 at the dinner break on a rain-hit afternoon, but they were ballistic in the final session, piling on 163 runs. Warner led the way with 19 boundaries in his 228-ball knock but Labuschagne was scarcely less aggressive, hammering 17 of his own.
Naseem out, Musa in
Pakistan dropped 16-year-old prodigy Naseem Shah and recalled the experienced Mohammad Abbas but the re-jigged pace attack fell flat. Leg-spinner Yasir Shah leaked 87 runs from his 14 overs. — Reuters
Brief Scores: Australia: 302/1 (Warner 166*, Labuschagne 126*) vs Pakistan
294 Runs unbroken partnership between Warner and Labuschagne, which is fifth-highest second-wicket stands for Oz in Tests
54.62 Marnus Labuschagne now boasts a career average of 54.62 from his 11 Tests, 13 months on from his underwhelming debut against the same opponents in Dubai
23 Tons for Warner in Tests, which makes him the fifth-most prolific century-scorer — Sunil Gavaskar (33), Alastair Cook (31), Matthew Hayden (30), Graeme Smith (27) — as Test opener
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